Best Middle Schools in New Jersey

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 745)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
341134002302	651	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	87 Richelieu Ter	Newark	07106	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2290	373	30	12.4	79.6%	2 (0.5%)	309 (82.8%)	57 (15.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,024			$340			$9,684	15	20.7	506	145
340816004632	652	Lakehurst Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	301 Union Ave	Lakehurst	08733	Ocean County	Lakehurst School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 657-5741	411	39	10.4	51.1%	201 (48.9%)	62 (15.1%)	123 (29.9%)	7 (1.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.6%)	$16,629			$961			$15,668	15	20.1	512	140
341122003466	653	Mckinley Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	15 Van Dyke Ave	New Brunswick	08901	Middlesex County	New Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 745-5300	632	66	9.6	79.9%	1 (0.2%)	133 (21.0%)	494 (78.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	$12,963						$12,963	14.8	10.4	613	40
340459005506	654	Benjamin Franklin School No. 13	Public	K-8	248 Ripley Pl	Elizabeth	07206	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-5700	447	35	12.9	76.5%	35 (7.8%)	108 (24.2%)	301 (67.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,847			$259			$11,588	14.7	13	574	80
341269004916	655	School 24	Public	PK, KG-8	50 Nineteenth Avenue	Paterson	07513	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0160	662	56	11.8	73.7%	5 (0.8%)	60 (9.1%)	592 (89.4%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,719						$7,719	14.7	15.1	554	101
341347004938	656	Prospect Park School No. 1	Public	PK, KG-8	94 Brown Avenue	Prospect Park	07508	Passaic County	Prospect Park Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 790-7909	800	64	12.5	68.8%	63 (7.9%)	98 (12.3%)	598 (74.8%)	34 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.8%)	$11,282			$1,149			$10,133	14.5	20.9	503	153
340864000431	657	Lindenwold Middle School	Public	5-8	40 White Horse Avenue	Lindenwold	08021	Camden County	Lindenwold Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 346-3330	926	86	10.7	85.7%	56 (6.0%)	292 (31.5%)	543 (58.6%)	14 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.1%)	$8,274			$734			$7,540	14.4	13.3	572	85
340396001832	658	Downe Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	220 Main St	Newport	08345	Cumberland County	Downe Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 447-4673	157	17	9	40.1%	140 (89.2%)	3 (1.9%)	7 (4.5%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.8%)	$15,041			$953			$14,088	14.4	48.1	299	359
340783002824	659	President Barack Obama Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1830 Kennedy Blvd	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6550	429	36	12	73.4%	18 (4.2%)	247 (57.6%)	133 (31.0%)	25 (5.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	$15,299			$629			$14,670	14.2	14.5	558	101
341800006108	660	Willingboro Memorial Middle School	Public	5-8	451 Van Sciver Parkway	Willingboro	08046	Burlington County	Willingboro Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 835-8700	594	36	16.5	33.0%	11 (1.9%)	467 (78.6%)	99 (16.7%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.3%)	$16,254			$1,193			$15,061	14.2			(n/a)

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